On: The tiny but mighty Olympia oyster regains a footh...

[NelsonMinar]

This is the least important reason to maintain species diversity, but... Olympia oysters are delicious. Very different flavor from the dominant Pacific species. I'm hopeful there's a win-win here where we're able to improve the ecosystem that also benefits from a financial incentive.

[zbobet2012 → NelsonMinar]

I'd die laughing to see a concerted conservation campaign around this:

> Stop killing all the delicious things! Think of how many fruits, how many oysters, how many fish you havn't tasted! Save them all so you can eat them all!

[Mikeb85 → zbobet2012]

Well, all of the plants and animals we like to eat * are the most numerous on the planet, thanks to us.

Edit: *And have domesticated

[opportune → Mikeb85]

Except for a lot of fish and shellfish

[faitswulff → zbobet2012]

This is actually the reason why a lot of hunters are conservationists.

[ip26 → NelsonMinar]

It might not be a morally pure reason, but it's one hell of a convincing argument, which is what matters to me.